by Blues | Sep 24, 2023 | Fundraising, News
You’re invited to our costume party with musical host Ensemble member Zachary Stevenson. Featuring live music from beyond the graves. Guests are encouraged to wear costumes to compete for prizes. Perhaps we’ll be visited by Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse,...
by Blues | Sep 23, 2023 | @Home, News
The Cratchit family. Weren’t they in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens? Yes. But this is about another Cratchit family that is both contemporary and American. Adult siblings Martha, Belinda, and (Tiny) Tim share history with Dickens’ fictive...
by Blues | Aug 17, 2023 | Fences
UPDATE (10/2/23) We’re honored & thrilled that FENCES won 3 Joseph Jefferson Awards last night: Huge congratulations & thanks to all of the artists, crew, technicians, and staff involved in the production, including: Kamal Angelo Bolden, Manny Buckley,...
by Blues | Jul 12, 2023 | Blue Ink Award & Festival, News
AUGUST 12 & 13, 2023 Join us for our 2-day festival of new plays. Celebrate the 2023 Blue Ink Award recipient Kristoffer Diaz and featured finalists Audrey Cefaly, Victor Lesniewski, and Gloria Majule. Festival passes are officially sold out! Individual tickets...
by Blues | Jul 1, 2023 | News
“…it falls on all of us – to work together to create a ‘new normal’ in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts.” – President Barack Obama July 2023 –...
by Blues | Jun 13, 2023 | News, The Room
In a small town in the boonies of South Carolina, a closeted young man named George is trying to figure out how to keep his late father’s business running, only to be faced with a ghost from his youth. A young Muslim, who he knew as his boyhood lover Latif, has...
by Blues | May 31, 2023 | News, The Ripped Festival
Read 30 short works inspired and ripped from today’s headlines in our online script library. Back by demand and in our 15th year, we’re thrilled to celebrate these writers and short plays during the entire month of June. Come back each week to read the...
by Blues | May 14, 2023 | News, The Garage
This Chicago-based trio is a vintage-inspired pop rock powerhouse whose songs feature tight harmonies, inventive arrangements, and poignant lyrics. Audiences are amazed at the sound produced by just three guys. Veterans of the stage, their live show engages and...
by Blues | May 9, 2023 | News, The Room
“You’ve got an overworked maitre d…a bartender bleeding all over the guests, a general manager who sits in the office all night because he DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE F*^K HE’S DOING, and a chef who throws raw steaks at his sous chef.”...
by Blues | Apr 16, 2023 | News
Join us at the City of Chicago and ComEd’s 9th annual “Switch on Summer” to celebrate the start of summer with the turning on of Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Foundation. Stop by our event table to win prizes in our musical quiz show! May 13 from...
